User:Peteforsyth

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Pete Forsyth as photographed by Chris Ellis in 2013
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en-N This user has a native understanding of English.
fr-1 Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances de base en français.
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I am primarily an English language Wikipedian, but this site is very important to the well-being of Wikipedia, and to many other sites -- not all of them under the Wikimedia umbrella. So I try to pitch in, in the following ways:

  • Uploading my own photos and graphics: I don't do as much of this as I'd like, but I'm proud of a few of the things I've created.
  • Fine-tuning existing images: I especially like to reduce moire where possible, and move in-image text into descriptions (for instance, using the {{Legend}} template).
  • Categorization: I use tools like HotCat, Cat-a-lot, and AWB to try to help organize things better here. I am learning to use tools to increase my efficiency.
  • File deletion: I try to participate in review of files for deletion, to help ensure that the files on Commons are in compliance with our licensing standards, and that they are truly useful to the Wikimedia mission.
  • Learning about Commons: I am always trying to think about how this site can work better: make better use of volunteers' time, permit new contributors to get involved productively with a minimum of fuss, reduce the number of high-stress debates, etc.

I keep notes (see below) about some of the interesting things I encounter here.

Please see my profile on English Wikipedia for more info!

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My parents, Martha and Dick Forsyth, are both deceased, and I have inherited their intellectual property. As of November 2023 I am beginning to upload some of their photographs under a free license. If there is a good way to me to assert this ownership and licensing decision in a template, I'm open to suggestion.

Images I've contributed

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Here are just a few of the images I've uploaded here:

  • Wiki inventor Ward Cunningham, with the beginnings of the wiki idea
    Wiki inventor Ward Cunningham, with the beginnings of the wiki idea
  • Caruthers Bridge under construction in Portland, Oregon
    Caruthers Bridge under construction in Portland, Oregon
  • People working on Wikipedia in Oakland, California
    People working on Wikipedia in Oakland, California
  • Yaquina Bay Bridge in Oregon
    Yaquina Bay Bridge in Oregon
  • Concheros dancers in San Francisco
    Concheros dancers in San Francisco
  • Myles Standish monument in Duxbury, Massachusetts
    Myles Standish monument in Duxbury, Massachusetts
  • Fly fishing on the South Santiam
    Fly fishing on the South Santiam
  • Pete French Round Barn
    Pete French Round Barn
  • Alvord Desert sunset
    Alvord Desert sunset
  • Little Blitzen Gorge on Steens Mt.
    Little Blitzen Gorge on Steens Mt.
  • Little Blitzen Gorge on Steens Mt.
    Little Blitzen Gorge on Steens Mt.
  • The Timbers Army
    The Timbers Army
  • Rokia Traoré
    Rokia Traoré

Pix of me

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These are some of my favorites. There are others here.

Projects

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Files needing license review:

Interesting stuff

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We don't need no civil war, hey, hey hey....

Category:Inside Wikimedia

A tool to check what pages use an image.

bash scripts for converting and renaming files

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Examples for images from "Northern Seaside Resorts" article

#!/bin/bash
for j in 2 1 0
do
 convert victor1$j.gif v1$j.pbm
done

and

#!/bin/bash
for j in 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
do
 cjb2 -clean v0$j.pbm v0$j.djvu
done

Stretching limits of TOO?

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Useful stuff to investigate

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